JAPANESE RUGBY
GOOD PROGRESS OF GAME Japan has taken to Rugby Union football in such a way that it is thought quite probable that she will ultimately attain an eminent place in the sport. More than 40,000 spectators saw the recent final of the eastern Japan Universities’ competion, played at the MeiJi Stadium, in which Wasada beat Meiji by 14 points to 11. The game was introduced by British players in 1900, and has grown little by little, until now there are about 350 teams in Japan and Manchuria. There are two “unions,” the Kanto, or East of Japan, Union, which operates in the Tokio-Yokohama region, and the Kansai Union in the West. Observers state that the game is played in the most sportsmanlike manner possible, and that rough play or disputed decisions are never seen. (New Zealand Herald.)
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Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 106, 7 May 1938, Page 13
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